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Defining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountains have been abodes of...

Jewish settlement in Asia, beyond the Middle East, is largely a modern phenomenon. Imperial expansion and adventurism by Great Britain and Russia were the chief motors that initially drove Jewish settlers to move eastwards, in the nineteenth century,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559392730Author TaranathaFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 211gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888412662Author Swami VivekanandaFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Discovery PublisherPublisher Discovery PublisherWeight(grams) 286g

This is the first book to present the life, times and poetry of one of the greatest poets in the Arab tradition, Abu Nuwas. Author Philip Kennedy provides the narrative of Abu Nuwas's fascinating life, which was full of intrigue and debauched adventure,...

Guides readers on a deeply rewarding search for pure truth and perfect freedom, which means breaking away from the debilitating, consuming concern with the self.Book InformationISBN 9780060648312Author J. KrishnamurtiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636259Author Xueting Christine NiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

The "Bhagavad Gita" is a sacred scripture of epic dimensions and is the key sacred text of Hinduism. It means the "song of God" and is often called the "Song Celestial". Alan Jacobs uses contemporary free verse based on innovative metaphors to provide a...

Explores how Christians created, used, and adapted religionized categories of non-Christians through the centuries Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other traces the genealogy of religionization, the various ways Christians throughout history have...

This book-length ethnography of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities. It also explores the politics of the religious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515436652Author Lao TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint A & D PublishingPublisher A & D PublishingWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861713240Author Sara McClintockFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

The ""Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions"" combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions. With concrete resources, students and scholars need to conduct research on Japanese religions. Even seasoned...

This comprehensive, user-friendly text introduces students to the principal world faiths. This text is cross-referenced to and can be used in conjunction with Markham's World Religions Reader, Second Edition as a complete teaching package for comparative...

In 1917, the Beijing silk merchant Wei Enbo's vision of Jesus sparked a religious revival, characterized by healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and, most provocatively, a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781553691372Author Ann Llewellyn EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 273g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932040466Author Swami SatchidanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Integral Yoga PublicationsPublisher Integral Yoga Publications

In this unique look at a key figure in the 'Islamic enlightenment', Samer Akkach examines the life and works of 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641-1731). Often characterized solely as a Sufi saint, his thought and teachings were of a much wider remit, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559392747Author Jeffrey HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932040480Author Sri Swami SatchidanandaFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Integral Yoga PublicationsPublisher Integral Yoga PublicationsWeight(grams) 1g

A Lifetime of Peace follows the successful model established by A Lifetime of Wisdom: Essential Writings by and about the Dalai Lama. It draws on dozens of sources to collect the very best writing by and about Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Vietnamese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643165080Author Nuriddeen KnightFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint NuriddeenPublisher NuriddeenWeight(grams) 259g

The first book-length introduction to an exciting new interdisciplinary field-written by an internationally recognized leader of the Contemplative Studies movement This is the first book-length introduction to a growing and influential interdisciplinary...

This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of “spirits” (tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a central role in Japanese culture and religion for many...

The fantastical tales of your culture's mythology can shape your world in ways that you don't even realise. Victoria Hoffarth embarks on a journey to seek such myths from the Philippines, explaining the symbolic values as well as the underpinnings of 15...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941524605Author Sri AurobindoFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Lotus Press (WI)Publisher Lotus Press (WI)Weight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932040374Author Sri Swami SatchidanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Integral Yoga PublicationsPublisher Integral Yoga PublicationsDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597842716Author Ali UnalFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint The Light IncPublisher Tughra BooksWeight(grams) 717g

Silent Music breaks down the barriers between science and religion, as well as between religions themselves, in order to extrapolate a comprehensive understanding of the "science of meditation." Johnston explores the concept of meditation from all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824811457Author Laurel KendallFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888412679Author Swami VivekanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Discovery PublisherPublisher Discovery PublisherWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876122402Author Paramahansa YoganandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Self-Realization Fellowship,U.S.Publisher Self-Realization Fellowship,U.S.

Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World is the first full-length study in any Western language of the development of the Yijing in China from earliest times to the present. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in both Asian and Western languages,...

Offering practical ways to cultivate love, joy, and peace in daily life, these four talks from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, "The Mirror of God," "The Sadhana of Joy," "The Sadhana of Peace," and "The Sadhana of Love," cover timeless themes.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791450208Author H. Gene BlockerFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932040121Author Swami SatchidanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Integral Yoga PublicationsPublisher Integral Yoga Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871692467Author Ward H. GoodenoughFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783506793850Author Heta HurskainenFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Brill U SchoninghPublisher Brill U SchoninghWeight(grams) 993g

This volume contains the acts of the international congress on the Union of Brest which was held at Hernan Castle, the Netherlands, in March 1996. Most articles deal with historical aspects of the Union of Brest, adn the others with the current situation...

For updates online, visit the Nanzan Guide site at Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture.The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions with concrete...